Laser Burns Flash Paper through Water

  Didn’t think a laser could retain this much power after traveling through many inches of water. But it looks like this 150mW laser somehow managed to do it. The target is flash paper, not regular paper which may have a bit to do with it but it is impressive regardless! Anyone think this is not real or staged somehow?

High Voltage Discharge Experiments

  Gilbondfac has put together a good collection of interesting experiments. This one that demonstrates some great high voltage discharge results is fun to watch. I hope he was wearing eye glasses and a hard hat. 🙂

Robot Wheelchair goes where you ask

  Wheelchairs in the near future may be easier to use thanks to some MIT research. This Robot Wheelchair will respond to voice prompts by driving you where you want to go. "MIT researchers are developing a new kind of autonomous wheelchair that can learn all about the locations in a given building, and then take its occupant to a given place in response to a verbal command. Just by

Name the Thing Contest - 60

  This contest will run for one week (Sept 20 – Sept 25, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments.   Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as the subject, and the message body

iRobot Arm Robot

  Have a look at this Robot that is built on an iRobot platform. Have a look at the number of sensors, this thing has lots of computing power since is uses the Propeller microcontroller from Parallax. "This is an iRobot Create fitted with a Robot Arm I pulled from an old Radio Controlled vehicle. It uses a Propeller Protoboard and motor controllers and accelerometers from Parallax to control the

Pop Can Solar Heater

  If you are looking for a way to lower your heating bill this year you probably want to look into this Pop Can Solar Heater idea. It is quite simple and is nice since much of the contents of the system is recycled. " The Cansolair Solar Max 240 consists of a four by seven solar collector (28 Square feet, or 2.6 square meters). Solar Max 240 has 15

Play Backed-up Wii Games

  The time has finally come when you can play backed up Wii games. Tehskeen has come up a way for you to play your backed up Wii games. Like most people, I thought a MOD chip would always be required. I have a feeling that lots of people will be looking for top rated Nintendo Wii Games then visiting some Wii game download sites to test drive some games